Author Archives: Ann Kirsten

For this week's post, scheduled to be published on September 23, 2015, I thought it would be fun to see what meanings the date had.  Maybe it was National Brush-Your-Cat Day.  Or, maybe it m...

If you’re like me, Fall makes me want to “feather my nest” a bit.  After all, we’re inside a lot more than we were in the summer, so it just makes sense that we would want...

I recently bought one of those new-fangled fitness trackers that you wear on your wrist.  It is purple and at first that was the only thing I liked about it.  Did I really need one more thin...

Happy September, Moms!  In a mom’s life, September can feel more like a new beginning than January does.  AND, without all the stress of a list of resolutions that we know we’ll ...

My mom’s name was Dorothy.  And, like Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, she faced many challenges in her life.  But, somehow she also managed to have grand adventures and befriend some pret...

I remember watching my eldest get on the kindergarten bus on her first day of school.  There was fear in her eyes and she looked way too tiny to be heading off to face the world on her own. ...

Can you believe that July is here already?  Seriously, what happened to June?  (Or, the rest of 2015 for that matter).  In the spirit of being unprepared and in denial, I have gathered ...

The summers of my youth were different from those of today.  For one thing, we never, ever took a family vacation.  I never even thought to ask for one.  We didn’t have the money ...

I live in Washington State.  To be more precise, the western side of Washington where the saying goes: “We Don’t Tan, We Rust.” Yes, we are famous for our rain. ...

She was crabby.  Again.  She was always crabby.  My heart sunk in my chest as I ordered my coffee.  She made me feel like I had done something wrong every time I approached her cou...